South By Southwest™ Interactive News

James Christie has been giving variations of his talk, Need for Speed: Optimizing the User Experience for four years. Beginning his career in an earlier era (pre-2000), Christie was accustomed to counting kilobytes so that users could access his websites on their 28k modems. He’s worn nearly every...

SXSW veteran Laurie Frick has put together a curious team – a data artist who uses enormous amounts of self-tracking data for her hand-built art installations; a policy maker who has testified before congress and recently published a book about how to rethink legislation for data privacy; a futurist...

SXSW Convergence Programming kicks off Friday, March 13. Throughout the following five days, badgeholders of any kind can step out of their area of interest and engage with other badge types for programming that lies at the intersection of Interactive, Film and Music. The programming is highlighted by ...

In our ongoing mission to connect like-minded people with a hunger for innovation, SXSW is venturing into the world of food with SouthBites. As part of this three-day-long program, we’re thrilled to announce the SouthBites dinner, produced in partnership with our friends at Williams-Sonoma....

The fourth annual Ping Pong Tournament is returning to Startup Village! The fierce competitors of the previous years are welcoming and accepting all new challengers. The Tournament embraces and encourages all kinds: professional pongers, novice players, and pure enthusiasts.